Counties welcome home rule legislation

A bill that would grant Nevada counties functional home rule was signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday.Senate Bill 29 was proposed by the Nevada Association of Counties to allow counties to do some things without express approval of the Legislature.Under Nevada law, the counties operate under Dillon’s Rule, which limits their powers to those expressly granted by the Legislature, those necessarily implied in the incident to powers granted or essential to the accomplishment of declar